Stephen Nairne

Managing Partner, AHL Venture Partners

Mr. Nairne has led AHLCF since 2007. He serves on the Advisory Board of several SME funds and companies in Sub-Saharan Africa and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches courses on Country and Project Risk Analysis in Developing Countries and African Political Economy. Previously Mr. Nairne served as Deputy Director with Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s Pacific Office and as Senior Political Risk Analyst at Export Development Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a Master of Arts from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University